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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Even tho this story is not dealing with North America Anciently, it is placed here as there have been Metal Plates found in North America, written by Ancient peoples as well, from the west coast to the east coast, north and south there have been found a lot of metal records, Gold, Brass, Copper, Lead, and so forth. So We do know that Ancient Cultures did write upon metal plates of all types all over the world.2000 yr Old Christian Lead Plates Library Found in Palestine Cave

29 March 2011Jordan battles to regain 'priceless' Christian relics Book's found in Jordan

By Robert Pigott BBC News religious affairs correspondent

They could be the earliest Christian writing in existence, surviving almost 2,000 years in a Jordanian cave. They could, just possibly, change our understanding of how Jesus was crucified and resurrected, and how Christianity was born.A group of 70 or so "books", each with between five and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings, was apparently discovered in a remote arid valley in northern Jordan somewhere between 2005 and 2007.A flash flood had exposed two niches inside the cave, one of them marked with a menorah or candlestick, the ancient Jewish religious symbol.A Jordanian Bedouin opened these plugs, and what he found inside might constitute extremely rare relics of early Christianity.That is certainly the view of the Jordanian government, which claims they were smuggled into Israel by another Bedouin.Continue reading the main story“ As soon as I saw that, I was dumbstruck” Philip Davies Sheffield UniversityThe Israeli Bedouin who currently holds the books has denied smuggling them out of Jordan, and claims they have been in his family for 100 years.Jordan says it will "exert all efforts at every level" to get the relics repatriated.Incredible claimsThe director of the Jordan's Department of Antiquities, Ziad al-Saad, says the books might have been made by followers of Jesus in the few decades immediately following his crucifixion."They will really match, and perhaps be more significant than, the Dead Sea Scrolls," says Mr Saad."Maybe it will lead to further interpretation and authenticity checks of the material, but the initial information is very encouraging, and it seems that we are looking at a very important and significant discovery, maybe the most important discovery in the history of archaeology."Detail from the Jordanian relic The texts might have been written in the decades following the crucifixionThey seem almost incredible claims - so what is the evidence?The books, or "codices", were apparently cast in lead, before being bound by lead rings.Their leaves - which are mostly about the size of a credit card - contain text in Ancient Hebrew, most of which is in code.

If the relics are of early Christian origin rather than Jewish, then they are of huge significance.One of the few people to see the collection is David Elkington, a scholar of ancient religious archaeology who is heading a British team trying to get the lead books safely into a Jordanian museum.He says they could be "the major discovery of Christian history", adding: "It's a breathtaking thought that we have held these objects that might have been held by the early saints of the Church."He believes the most telling evidence for an early Christian origin lies in the images decorating the covers of the books and some of the pages of those which have so far been opened.Mr Elkington says the relics feature signs that early Christians would have interpreted as indicating Jesus, shown side-by-side with others they would have regarded as representing the presence of God."It's talking about the coming of the messiah," he says."In the upper square [of one of the book covers] we have the seven-branch menorah, which Jews were utterly forbidden to represent because it resided in the holiest place in the Temple in the presence of God."So we have the coming of the messiah to approach the holy of holies, in other words to get legitimacy from God."Location cluesPhilip Davies, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament Studies at Sheffield University, says the most powerful evidence for a Christian origin lies in plates cast into a picture map of the holy city of Jerusalem."As soon as I saw that, I was dumbstruck. That struck me as so obviously a Christian image," he says."There is a cross in the foreground, and behind it is what has to be the tomb [of Jesus], a small building with an opening, and behind that the walls of the city. There are walls depicted on other pages of these books too and they almost certainly refer to Jerusalem."Book found in Jordan The books were bound by lead ringsIt is the cross that is the most telling feature, in the shape of a capital T, as the crosses used by Romans for crucifixion were."It is a Christian crucifixion taking place outside the city walls," says Mr Davies.Margaret Barker, an authority on New Testament history, points to the location of the reported discovery as evidence of Christian, rather than purely Jewish, origin."We do know that on two occasions groups of refugees from the troubles in Jerusalem fled east, they crossed the Jordan near Jericho and then they fled east to very approximately where these books were said to have been found," she says."[Another] one of the things that is most likely pointing towards a Christian provenance, is that these are not scrolls but books. The Christians were particularly associated with writing in a book form rather than scroll form, and sealed books in particular as part of the secret tradition of early Christianity."The Book of Revelation refers to such sealed texts.Another potential link with the Bible is contained in one of the few fragments of text from the collection to have been translated.It appears with the image of the menorah and reads "I shall walk uprightly", a sentence that also appears in the Book of Revelation.While it could be simply a sentiment common in Judaism, it could here be designed to refer to the resurrection.It is by no means certain that all of the artifacts in the collection are from the same period.But tests by metallurgists on the badly corroded lead suggest that the books were not made recently.The archaeology of early Christianity is particularly sparse.Little is known of the movement after Jesus' crucifixion until the letters of Paul several decades later, and they illuminate the westward spread of Christianity outside the Jewish world.Never has there been a discovery of relics on this scale from the early Christian movement, in its homeland and so early in its history.

I understand this Blog is mainly for N. American, Western Hemisphere items, however with the history of many claiming Israel and others did not write their histories, sacred works upon plates of metal I add this evidence.In North through South America metal records have been discovered. North America has had several finds or claims of metal plates being found.So this is just more evidence for what many already know in support of other claims.

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This area is for Multi-media about how people feel about Jesus Christ & Joseph Smith Jr. Why they believe.In the Book store there are many item's relating to these subjects and I have taken the liberty to add some about a great controversial part of this Blog, The Book of Mormon & Joseph Smith Jr. so you can watch or read it for your self his story & things relating to it's coming about so that one can get a feeling why members of 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' are so fond of this Book & the man known as Joseph Smith Jr. I add these things for peoples learning to put it into historical perspective. Also I have added in the store some books and DVD's about the Wife of Joseph Smith Jr., Emma Hale - Smith. Why? to show her side of the story, and why she stayed with Joseph from the beginning of their story to his assassination in 1845 by a mob, note: at this time Joseph was a candidate for U.S. President he chose to do this to help the atrocities and harm happening to his peoples much similar to those of the Native American's at the time. Many unconstitutional and immoral deeds done and ignored by the Governors & D.C. & White House, President at the time, so he did this to get media attention and hope for peace for his people. But one of his campaign promises was to Free the Slaves, and this was a major reason he was assassinated. So some history of these peoples not much known off today I feel is important to have a back ground understanding as we take their beliefs, theories and with today's understanding see if it matches up with facts as far as Archaeology & other stories we know today. This is added due to the nature of the Blog and the evidences surrounding some of the artifacts about the Stories of the Book of Mormon & possible links to North America, so Who or what is this book? and did Jesus Christ really live? Did he visit the peoples (other sheep & folds) on Earth after he left Jerusalem as he promised he would? With many witness's all over the Earth of a Christ like Prophet or Creator or God who came and visited and taught his gospel, then these are some modern stories, and reasons to support those of the Ancients. When the facts out way the theory, one must go with the facts, sadly many stay with their theory even after is seems beyond feasibility.You see based on my studies over these many years, I find and the facts direct one to know there must have been a Jesus Christ, for he was seen & remembered by Many Nations, cultures, peoples all over the Earth, not just the Jerusalem regions of the Middle East, and Europe. So I add these for your review, and to understand or to learn, then make ones own decision if one so desires to learn more about Jesus Christ.You see, I search for truth, to solve many puzzles and questions, however I know of my self through personal prayer, fasting, learning, that God lives, Jesus is the Christ and literal Son of God our Father, and many other things as he does answer prayers of the humble seekers of truth. To some this may seem outlandish, however I know of my self he is real, and he does love and care for each of us.My invitation is to every soul on Earth to one day find such happiness in this knowledge, that does not come from books, but from the Spirit of God and revelation in your prayers being answered.Stephen T. Huls, Tsul-Kalu of the Ani-Yunwiya or the Cherokee, the Principal People a remnant of the house of Lehi of the house of Joseph, also Ephraim , and Israel, Noah, and father Adam.

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